hi there! perhaps <@U0RM4EPC7> do we know if is th...

# arrow

[mitch]

hi there! perhaps @simon.vergauwen do we know if is there any usage statistics / growth statistics for Arrow that we can quote? e.g. number of maven-central artifact downloads growth month by month perhaps? I’m trying to understand the adoption rate of Arrow libraries..

[simon.vergauwen]

We’ve had a steady growth in the last years, but in the last 12 months we’ve seen it stay steady at around 4 million downloads. Perhaps also because we’ve not released many versions in the last year, and that results in more caching (?).

I cannot go further back than this, but in the previous years we’ve seen a steady 2x increase in downloads.

[simon.vergauwen]

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[simon.vergauwen]

I’m not sure this correctly reflects adoption though, as I have the feeling there has been a lot more interest in Arrow in the recent years but perhaps that has been people investigating and not actively adopting yet

[simon.vergauwen]

More context from @raulraja.

Total downloads in March was 4357299

Total downloads in February was 3519522

That's a total of a 23% increase from one month to the next. Previous months where a bit above february between 3500000 and 3900000

[mitch]

thank you @simon.vergauwen and @raulraja understood. Yeah caching does dilute the number but it is good enough for an estimate. Actually if we fit a rough trend line, it is actually trending upwards at a healthy rate throughout the year. 🙌